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(11) | EP 2 317 702 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Methods and apparatus related to a distributed switch fabric |
(57) A method of sending data to a switch fabric (100) includes assigning a destination
port of an output module (116) to a data packet based on at least one field in a first
header of the data packet, A module (112) associated with a first stage (140) of the
switch fabric is selected based on at least one field in the first header. A second
header is appended to the data packet. The second header includes an identifier associated
with the destination port of the output module (116). The data packet is sent to the
module associated with the first stage. The module associated with the first stage
is configured to send the data packet to a module associated with a second stage (142)
of the switch fabric based on the second header.
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